Copper-Nickel Heterobimetallic Compounds

Abstract

Motivated by the theoretical prediction of the existence of alternate chains in the case of one-dimensional Cu-Ni compounds the current state of these heterobimetallic compounds is described. A classification of Cu-Ni heterobimetallic compounds based on the magnetic properties of the respective metal is considered, namely d-d, p-d, d-p, and p-p classes (d is for diamagnetic and p for paramagnetic). These four classes of Cu-Ni compounds are further classified by structure and composition. Based on these classifications representative examples for each group are described from a structural perspective as well as magnetic properties. Additional information is given on the typical preparative methods.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This work was supported by the Slovak grant agency VEGA (Grant No. 1/0089/09).

Notes

This article is Part 4 of a series on Cu-Ni heterobimetallic compounds. For part 3, see^{[ 1 ]}.